The Video Game (game Show) - Gameplay

Gameplay

To begin, two contestants were called down from the audience. They each played the same video game, and the first to reach a pre-determined score won a prize and came up to play a special mini-game.

Mini-games played on the show included:

• "The Maze" – The game was played on a 5X5 grid on the floor. The contestant could start on any square on the grid. The contestant went across the board, one step in any direction, and could not go back to a space they had already stepped on. (Stepped-on spaces turned white.) The object was to find the one square on the board that would turn green, the "Treasure". They had to avoid the space that would turn red, the "Monster", which was always placed one space away from the Treasure. If they found the Treasure, they had to make it safely out of the Maze to win a prize. If the Monster was hit at any time, the contestant lost the game.

Christopher provided the voice of the monster; he growled and snarled as the contestants made their moves, and he also gave periodic taunts.

• "Bit Attack" – Two questions about two different video games were asked. Each question won a different prize.

• "The Right Move" – The contestant saw a clip from a laserdisc video game on a big screen. They were then given four choices as to what move should be made in order to advance. Guessing correctly won a prize.

• "The Game Stalker" – A video game character was shown on the screen. The contestant was given two choices for the character's name; guessing correctly won a prize. The contestant then had to identify what game the character was from; guessing correctly won another prize.

• "Audience Favorites" – A list of three games was given. The contestant picked which games he or she thought was the most popular and second-most popular in a studio audience survey. Each correct guess was worth a different prize.